Michael Ruse (Florida State University)

Understanding the Christianity-Evolution Relationship

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the relationship between religion and the life sciences, focusing on Christianity and evolution. It brings fresh insights to the science/religion debate for general readers, undergraduate and graduate students interested in evolutionary biology, genetics, philosophy of science, history of science, and philosophy of religion.

Produktdetails

• Understanding Life
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 225
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 175mm x 125mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 210g
• ISBN-13: 9781009277280
• ISBN-10: 1009277286
• Artikelnr.: 67865004

Autorenporträt

Michael Ruse is Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph, Ontario and recently retired as the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University, Florida. His research interests focus on Darwinian evolutionary theory. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Gifford Lecturer, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the recipient of four honorary degrees. He is the author/editor of over sixty books, including The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2013), The Cambridge History of Atheism (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and Understanding Natural Selection (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Rival paradigms
2. The mechanists' god
3. The organicists' god
4. Humans
5. Environment
6. Hate
Epilogue
Common Misunderstandings
Bibliography.